as married. I am your sister
Stella, and my husband is your brother Penloe. Both of us look upon all
boys and men as our brothers, and all girls and women as our sisters,
for we are all members of one family."
The old man sat in silence after Stella spoke; he seemed to be amazed.
Stella said: "We must go now."
As she wished him good-bye, he said to them: "What must I do in return
for the great blessing of sight which has been given me to-day?"
Penloe said: "Live much in prayer, live in the realization of Divine
love. Remember your body is the temple of God. Keep it as such, and help
others to live the Divine life."
Was there ever a bride so happy as Stella was on the after noon of her
wedding day, when she was returning home to tell her mother the joyful
news that Andrew had recovered his sight. The world has never seen a
happier bride than she was on that afternoon.
Stella had not been in the house but a few minutes before she told her
parents all about Andrew receiving his sight through Penloe's healing
power.
Penloe said: "Why, Stella, were you not the instrument through which
Andrew received his sight? Did he not think that you were the embodiment
of all goodness, all power, and all truth? And when you said to him,
'Andrew, you are going to see so you can read yourself,' he believed
you, and was he not healed according to his faith?"
Stella said: "He would not have had his sight restored if you had not
been present. The first time you called on him his sight was restored,
while I have been to his cabin many times before, but never helped him
to see."
Penloe said: "Stella, dear, you were not on the spiritual plane that you
are now on when you visited Andrew before. You had not spent much time
in prayer, in meditation, in concentration, in being up in the
mountains, walking and talking with God daily, and living in the
realization of the Kingdom of Heaven within. All this has helped to make
you a healer."
Stella said: "Penloe, all you say is true, but I cannot help thinking
that you were the healer."
Penloe said: "Stella, dear, you spoke the healing word."
Mrs. Wheelwright, smiling inwardly, said: "Children, you have only been
married a few hours, and have got a bone of contention already. I am
surprised at you both."
Stella, putting on a serious face, said: "Well, mother, I know it was
Penloe;" and Penloe said: "Well, mother, I know it was Stella."
Mrs. Wheelwright said: "Children, I c
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